COACH ACCIDENT AT OANUI.
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) _ OPUNAKE, Nov. 16. The heavy rain caused a fresh in the river. Yesterday, while the Parihaka coach was crossing the Oanui river, torrents of water came down suddenly, sweeping the coach, horses, and driver away. The driver went with the current until he managed to get on one of the banks, and thus escaped The horses were found dead on the beach' two ,miles from the scene of the accident, and the front of the coach has been seen. The English mails were on btard, and a search party has been out. It is expected the mails will be recovered to-day. NEW PLYMOUTH, Nov. 16.
Yesterday afternoon, as Cobb’s coach, from New Plymouth to Opunake, was crossing the Oanui stream; about two miles this side of Opunake, it was caught by a strong rush of water, which smothered the coach, and washed it and the horses into the sea. The driver, Charles Tilly, escaped, and the passengers had left the coach to go over the river another way. The mail and luggage, however, were ah washed to tea. The amount of damage is stated to be £l5O.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 960, 17 November 1882, Page 2
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194COACH ACCIDENT AT OANUI. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 960, 17 November 1882, Page 2
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